Cultura Madre

Pub date February 28, 2011
San Francisco Bay Guardian Presents
CULTURA MADRE
A Fiesta for the Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico 

Featuring Live Performances by
All Female Mariachi band:
Mariachi Femenil Orgullo Mexicano 6pm
And Los Cenzontles 7pm

Latin Soundscape by DJ Vanka (StellarTrax)

Taco Truck Industries will be providing live screen printing, BRING YOUR T-SHIRTS and other apparel to be printed on! 6pm- 8:30Pm

Bridge Walkers, an Interactive audio and video installation created San Francisco-based filmmaker and installation artist Catherine Herrera, a Cultural Encounters Commissions artist.

Mission Cultural Center presents a curated video collection from their DF<SF<TJ exhibition featuring:

“La Hora Nacional /The National Hour” (2010) by Carlos Amorales, a color film with sound that is a reflection on the pre-Hispanic collection and proposes a radical rupture from the institutional interpretation of Mexican history.

San Francisco-based video artist Sergio de La Torre will exhibit “New Dragon City” (2008) which features six Cantonese youths. Sergio’s videos address the new reality of the Cantonese community in Tijuana today.

FREE ALL AGES!
Friday, March 11th from 6-9PM @ de Young, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive